Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for MCP Dev Summit Shangai 2026, taking place Sunday, September 6 – Monday, September 7, 2026 in Shangahi, India.

Please click through the tabs on this page to access information.

• Schedule Announced: Wednesday, 8 July
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Friday, 24 July
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Friday, 7 August
• Slide Submission Deadline: Saturday, 5 September
• Event Dates: Sunday, September 6 – Monday, September 7, 2026

To confirm you will be presenting, please register as a speaker by Friday, 24 July using the details you received in your notification email. If you are not registered by Friday, 24 July there is a possibility that your speaking slot will be replaced by one on our waiting list, so please do so promptly. 

Please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request if you require a visa letter.

If you require travel funding as a part of your proposal and have not submitted your request, please do so as soon as possible. You can access the form here. The deadline for travel funding applications is Sunday, 12 July. 

*  Please note: Talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.

This year’s event will take place at the Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, India.

Please view this information on our Venue & Travel page. The Linux Foundation has not contracted rooms at these properties and cannot guarantee rates or availability.

The schedule will be announced Wednesday, 8 July, and posted on our website using sched.com. You will receive an email directly from sched.com asking you to create your account; please make sure to upload your bio and photo.

If you have a conflict with the timing of your talk or find that it conflicts with the content of another talk; or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their computers and adapters to use during their talk.
• Presentation slides should be formatted in 16:9. 
• The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) microphones. 
• If you require any additional AV, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by Friday, 7 August. The Linux Foundation will make every effort to accommodate other AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

All speakers are required to submit their final presentation slides ahead of the event. In addition to providing a hard copy for accessibility purposes, we find that adding the presentations before the event helps to drive interest in attending the session. The deadline for presentations is Saturday, 5 September.

To upload slides:

• Log into your speaker profile through Sched.com 
• On the top of the page, click “Manage and Promote Your Session”
• Click “Add Presentation”
• Click in the “Select a File” box and add the PDF document (note: there is a 50MB size limit)
• Click “Upload” and your slides will automatically be saved

An optional Powerpoint is available for download here.

We encourage all speakers to take the online course developed in partnership with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT) to promote inclusivity, diversity, and unconscious bias awareness in your presentations. We also recommend consulting the Inclusive Language Initiative’s language recommendation list for guidance as well.

Please read, and abide, by our code of conduct. Our code of conduct is strictly enforced. We ask that speakers especially review this code of conduct and be inclusive in the words and images used during their presentations.

If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.